Candidates | Janus Pannonius Grand Prize for Poetry

(1950, New York) was born in New York City. Poet, essayist, scholar, and editor, Bernstein was educated at Harvard University, and has taught at Columbia University, the University of Buffalo, Princeton University and the University of Pennsylvania.

Christian Bök

(1966, Toronto) is known for his experimentalist poetry.

Leonard Norman Cohen

(1934, Montréal) Canadian poet, novelist, singer and song writer.

Giuseppe Conte

(1945, Imperia) was born in Imperia, Italy. Poet, novelist, playwright, editor, critic, translator and scholar, he studied at the University of Milan...

Giancarlo Majorino

(1928, Milano) poet, critic, president of the Casa della Poesia in Milan.

Tom Raworth

(1938, London) was born in London. Writer, artist, teacher and publisher, Raworth has published over forty books of poetry and prose since 1966.

Yang Lian

(1955, Bern) poet. A native of Beijing, his name is strongly connected to the so-called Misty Poets who have used poetry as a tool to protest against the limitation of the freedom of speech.

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